routing survey results

From: Todd S. Moyer <tsm_at_unx.dec.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 16:47:25 -0500

Many thanks to all of you who responded to my question on how you do
routing. I got 78 replies, and lots of good comments.

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Todd Moyer
Tru64 UNIX development
Here are the percentages of what people are using:
static only	83%
routed		11%
gated		 6%
And here is the rationale given as to why.  Bullets beginning '+' are
reasons for, and '-' are reasons against a given method.  The numbers
behind comments show the number of people who repeated the same comment.
static only
+ just give message straight to router   21
+ good enough   9
+ simple   5
+ only one networking path exists   8
+ useless or harmful route data
   + not effected by BAD route instructions (renegade network nodes)   3
   + route info doesn't change   2
   + NO route data sent (NT doesn't send)  2
   + routers use EIGRP (doesn't work with routed or gated)  
+ secure  5
+ avoid unwanted update traffic, OS overhead  3
+ dynamic cause severe problems with Cisco router
- can't route around network outage
routed
+ it's not gated
   + gated complex  (bad documentation)  5
   + problems with gated  2
   + fear of gated
   + gated overkill
   + don't see advantage of gated
+ "routed -q" for SAP and DoD  3
+ set up by Digital
+ stable, inertia (avoid changes)   4
+ spread out network traffic on multiple links
gated
+ cluster requirement  3
+ used when using DU as router  2
+ good for working with firewall  2
+ first choice in config menu
+ supports OSPF  2
+ powerful
+ recommended by Digital
- gated complex (hard to config)  3

Received on Wed Feb 03 1999 - 21:48:17 NZDT